Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay (later adding
an 'e' to the end of his name as Sam Cooke
had done) on April 2, 1939. Gaye grew up the son of
an Apostolic preacher, singing in the church choir by
age 3, and learning to play the drums and piano.
Gaye's musical ambition was put on hold after high
school with time in the Air Force. Gaye began his
music career as a member of 'The Rainbows' (who later
became The Moonglows). The impact of
Berry Gordy, Jr. and Motown Records on Gaye became
evident by the early 60s when Gordy gave Gaye a solo
contract and Gaye married Gordy's sister. Gaye also
worked as a session drummer with Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.
Gaye released Soulful
Moods Of Marvin Gaye.
After not hitting the charts with the singles
"Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide,"
"Mister Sandman," and "Soldier's
Plea," Gaye hit the charts with "Stubborn
Kind Of Fellow." The song included backing
vocals by Martha & The Vandellas.
Gaye released That
Stubborn Kinda Fellow.
Gaye hit the Top 10 for the first time with
"Pride And Joy."
Gaye released Live On Stage.
Gaye hit the charts with "Hitch Hike" and
"Can I Get A Witness," and his first Top 10
hit, "Pride And Joy."
Gaye released When
I'm Alone I Cry and Together with Mary Wells.
Gaye released Hello
Broadway.
Gaye hit the charts with "You're A Wonderful
One," "What's The Matter With You
Baby," "Once Upon A Time" (with Mary
Wells), and "Baby Don't You Do
It."
Gaye released How
Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You.
Gaye hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)."
from the LP How
Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
Billboard
chart run: 40 - 34 - 27 - 19 - 15 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 9
- 18 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 60
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Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for a
week with "I'll Be Doggone."
Gaye hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "I'll Be Doggone."
Year-End Chart Position: # 103
Gaye released Tribute
To The Great Nat King Cole.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for a
week with "Ain't That Peculiar."
Gaye hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "Ain't That Peculiar."
from the LP Moods
Of Marvin Gaye
Billboard
chart run: 35 - 19 - 15 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 16 -
28 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 74
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Gaye hit the Top 40 on the Billboad Hot 100 chart
with "Pretty Little Baby."
Year-End Chart Position: # 244
Gaye released Moods
Of Marvin Gaye.
Gaye released Takes
Two with Kim
Weston.
Gaye hit the charts with "One More
Heartache."
Gaye released United with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye hit the charts with "It Takes Two"
with Kim Weston, "Ain't No
Mountain High Enough" with Tammi Terrell
and "Your Precious Love" with Tammi
Terrell.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for a
week with "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Baby" with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye released You're
All I Need
with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 5
weeks with "You're All I Need To Get By"
with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye released In
The Groove
which was retitled I
Heard It Through The Grapevine.
Gaye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and R&B
Singles chart for 7 weeks with "I Heard It
Through The Grapevine." The song had been a hit
for Gladys Knight & The
Pips
the previous year.
Gaye released M.P.G. and Marvin
Gaye And His Girls.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 6
weeks with "Too Busy Thinking About My
Baby."
Gaye released Easy with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye hit the charts with "That's The Way Love
Is."
Gaye released That's
The Way Love Is.
Marvin
Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Greatest Hits with Tammi Terrell
and Marvin
Gaye Super Hits were released.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 5
weeks with "What's Going On."
from the LP What's
Going On
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Gaye released What's
Going On. The release
of the LP was initially refused by Berry Gordy, Jr.
due to the political and social content.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 2
weeks with "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)."
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 2
weeks with "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna
Holler)."
Gaye released the Trouble
Man soundtrack.
Gaye released Let's
Get It On.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 8
weeks with "Let's Get It On."
Gaye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 2 weeks
with "Let's Get It On."
Diana
& Marvin (with Diana Ross) was released.
Gaye hit the charts with "You're A Special Part
Of Me" with Diana Ross and "Come Get To
This."
Gaye was nominated for an American
Music Award
for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Let's
Get It On).
Gaye released Marvin
Gaye Live!
Marvin
Gaye Anthology was released.
Gaye hit the charts with "My Mistake (Was To
Love You)" with Diana Ross.
Gaye was nominated for an American
Music Award
for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Let's
Get It On).
Gaye released I Want You.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for a
week with "I Want You."
Marvin
Gaye's Greatest Hits was released.
Gaye was nominated for an American
Music Award
for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist.
Marvin
Gaye Live At The London Palladium was released.
Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for 5
weeks with "Got To Give It Up (Pt.. 1)."
Gaye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week
with "Got To Give It Up (Pt.. 1)."
Gaye hit the charts with a collaboration with Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Smokey Robinson called "Pops, We Love
You."
Gaye released Here,
My Dear. The LP was the
result of a court order from his divorce and missed
alimony payments. Gaye was to record an LP and give
royalties to his ex-wife.
Gaye released In
Our Lifetime.
Gaye released Midnight
Love with
Columbia Records. At the time, Gaye was also battling
an addiction to cocaine.
Gaye topped the Top 40 with "Sexual Healing."
from the LP Midnight
Love
ARC chart run: 28
- 20 - 15
- 10 - 7
- 5 - 4
- 4 - 4
- 2 - 2
- 3 - 5
- 22 - 37
- off
Year-End Chart Position: # 16
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Gaye topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for
10 weeks with "Sexual Healing."
Gaye topped the Top 10 with "Sexual Healing."
# 65
Singles Artist of the Year
Gaye won an American Music Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Single ("Sexual Healing").
Gaye won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male and Best R&B Instrumental
Performance ("Sexual Healing") and was nominated for Best R&B Song (songwriter) ("Sexual Healing" with O. Brown).
Gaye embarked on what would be his last tour.
Every
Great Motown Hit Of Marvin Gaye was released.
December 31: Marvin
topped the Billboard 1983 Year-End Chart
Toppers with the Top Black Single ("Sexual Healing").
Gaye was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male (Midnight
Love).
On April 1st, Gaye was shot and killed by his father,
Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr., after the 2 had an argument.
Dream
Of A Lifetime and Romantically
Yours
were released.
Gaye was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.
The box set The
Master 1961 - 1984 was released.
Gaye was posthumously honored with the
Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards.
Vulnerable was released.
Ranked # 14 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock
& Roll (and # 39 on Rock On The Net's Poll).
VH1: 100 Greatest Rock
Songs
includes "What's Going On" at # 14,
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" at # 38,
and "Sexual Healing" at 82.
VH1: 100 Greatest Dance Songs includes "Got To Give It
Up" at # 83.
Rolling Stone & MTV: 100
Greatest Pop Songs includes "What's Going On" at
# 24.
VH1: 100 Greatest Albums includes What's
Going On at # 4.
The
Very Best Of Marvin Gaye was released.
The
Complete Duets with Tammi Terrell was
released.
VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists included Gaye at # 31.
VH1: 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes "Sexual Healing" at # 53.
Rolling Stone: The 500
Greatest Albums of All Time includes What's
Going On at # 6,
Let's
Get It On at # 165,
and Here,
My Dear at # 462.
Rolling Stone: The Immortals -
The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Gaye at # 18.
Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time included "What's Going On" at
# 4.
The singles "Sexual Healing" and
"Let's Get It On" were certified gold.
Rolling Stone: 'The Greatest
Singers' includes Gaye at # 6.
March 10: Robin Thicke and Pharrell (and to a lesser extent, T.I.) lost a lawsuit to the
tune of $7.3 million filed by the estate of
Marvin Gaye which claimed the hit "Blurred Lines" was a rip off of
Gaye's hit "Got To Give It Up." They
said in a joint statement: "While we respect
the judicial process, we are extremely
disappointed in the ruling made today which sets
a horrible precedent for music and creativity
going forward."
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Soulful
Moods Of Marvin Gaye
Released: June, 1961
Tracks: "The Masquerade Is Over"
- "Funny Valentine" -
"Witchcraft" - "Easy Living"
- "How Deep The Ocean (How High The
Sky)" - "Love For Sale" -
"Always" - "How High The
Moon" - "Let Your Conscience Be Your
Guide" - "Never Let You Go" -
"You Don't Know What Love Is" |
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That
Stubborn Kinda Fellow
Released: January, 1963
Tracks: "Stubborn Kind Of
Fellow" - "Pride And Joy" -
"Hitch Hike" - "Get My Hands On
Some Lovin'" - "Wherever I Lay My Hat
(That's My Home)" - "Soldier's
Plea" - "It Hurts Me Too" -
"Taking My Time" - "Hello There
Angel" - "I'm Yours, You're Mine" |
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Live On Stage
Released: September, 1963 |
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When
I'm Alone I Cry
Released: April, 1964
Tracks: "You've Changed" -
"I Was Telling Her About You" - "I
Wonder" - "I'll Be Around" -
"Because Of You" - "I Don't Know
Why" - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her
Face" - "When Your Lover Has Gone"
- "When I'm Alone I Cry" - "If My
Heart Could Sing" |
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Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells;
Together
Released: April, 1964
Billboard peak: # 42
Tracks: "Once Upon A Time" -
"'Deed I Do" - "Until I Met
You" - "Together" - "(I Love
You) For Sentimental Reasons" - "Late,
Late Show" - "After The Lights Go Down
Low" - "Squeeze Me" - "What's
The Matter With You Baby" - "You Came A
Long Way From St. Louis" |
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Marvin
Gaye / Greatest Hits
Released: 1964
Billboard peak: # 72 |
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How
Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
Released: January, 1965
Billboard peak: # 128
Tracks: "You're A Wonderful One"
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)" - "Try It Baby" - "Baby
Don't You Do It" - "Need Your
Lovin'" - "One Of These Days" -
"Stepping Closer To Your Heart" -
"Need Somebody" - "No Good Without
You" - "Me And My Lonely Room" -
"Now That You've Won Me" -
"Forever" |
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Hello
Broadway
Released: November, 1964
Tracks: "Hello Broadway" -
"People" - "The Party's Over"
- "On The Street Where You Live" -
"What Kind Of Fool Am I" - "My
Kind Of Town" - "The Days Of Wine And
Roses" - "This Is The Life" -
"My Way" - "Hello Dolly" -
"Walk On The Wild Side" |
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Tribute
To The Great Nat King Cole
Released: November, 1965
Tracks: "Nature Boy" -
"Ramblin' Rose" - "Too Young"
- "Pretend" - "Straighten Up And
Fly Right" - "Mona Lisa" -
"Unforgettable" - "To The Ends Of
The Earth" - "Sweet Lorraine" -
"It's Only A Paper Moon" - "Send
For Me" - "Calypso Blues" |
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Moods
Of Marvin Gaye
Released: May, 1966
Billboard peak: # 118
Tracks: "I'll Be Doggone" -
"Little Darling (I Need You)" -
"Take This Heart Of Mine" - "Hey
Diddle Diddle" - "One More
Heartache" - "Ain't That Peculiar"
- "Night Life" - "You've Been A
Long Time Coming" - "Your Unchanging
Love" - "You're The One For Me" -
"I Worry 'Bout You" - "One For My
Baby" |
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Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston:
Takes
Two
Released: August, 1966
Tracks: "It Takes Two" - "I
Love You, Yes I Do" - "Baby I Need Your
Loving" - "It's Got To Be A
Miracle" - "Baby Say Yes" -
"What Good Am I Without You" -
"Till There Was You" - "Love Fell
On Me" - "Secret Love" - "I
Want You 'Round" - "Heaven Sent You, I
Know" - "When We're Together" |
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Marvin Gaye / Greatest Hits,
Vol. 2
Released: 1967
Billboard peak: # 178
Tracks: "Try It Baby" -
"Baby Don't You Do It" - "How
Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" -
"I'll Be Doggone" - "Pretty Little
Baby" - "Ain't That Peculiar" -
"One More Heartache" - "Take This
Heart Of Mine" - "Little Darling (I
Need You)" - "Forever" - "Hey
Diddle Diddle" - "Your Unchanging
Love" |
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell: United
Released: August, 1967
Billboard peak: # 69
Tracks: "Ain't No Mountain High
Enough" - "You Got What It Takes"
- "You Got What It Takes" -
"Somethin' Stupid" - "If I Could
Build My World Around You" - "Your
Precious Love" - "Hold Me Oh My
Darling" - "Two Can Have A Party"
- "Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl" -
"If This World Were Mine" - "Sad
Wedding" - "Give A Little Love" -
"Oh How I'd Miss You" |
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell: You're
All I Need
Released: August, 1968
Billboard peak: # 60
Tracks: "Ain't Nothing Like The Real
Thing" - "You're All I Need To Get
By" - "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" -
"Baby Don't Cha Worry" - "You
Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" -
"Give In, You Just Can't Win" -
"When Love Comes Knocking At My Heart"
- "Come On And See Me" - "I Can't
Help But Love You" - "I'll Never Stop
Loving You Baby" - "That's How It
Is" - "Memory Chest" |
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In
The Groove (I Heard It Through The Grapevine)
Released: 1968
Billboard peak: # 63
Tracks: "You" - "Tear It
Down" - "Chained" - "I Heard
It Through The Grapevine" - "At Last (I
Found A Love)" - "Some Kind Of
Wonderful" - "Loving You Is Sweeter
Than Ever" - "Change What You Can"
- "It's Love I Need" - "Every Now
And Then" - "You're What's Happening
(In The World Today)" - "There Goes My
Baby" |
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M.P.G.
Released: April, 1969
Billboard peak: # 33
Tracks: "Too Busy Thinking About My
Baby" - "This Magic Moment" -
"That's The Way Love Is" - "The
End Of The Road" - "Seek And You Shall
Find" - "Memories" - "Only A
Lonely Man Would Know" - "It's A Bitter
Pill To Swallow" - "More Than A Heart
Can Stand" - "Try My True Love" -
"I Got To Get To California" - "It
Don't Take Much To Keep Me" |
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Marvin
Gaye And His Girls
Released: April, 1969
Billboard peak: # 183
Tracks: "Once Upon A Time" -
"What's The Matter With You Baby" -
"It's Got To Be A Miracle (This Thing Called
Love)" - "It Takes Two" -
"Your Precious Love" - "Good
Lovin' Aint' Easy To Come By" - "Little
Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl" - "I Can't
Help But Love You" - "What Good Am I
Without You" - "I Want You 'Round"
- "'Deed I Do" - "Together" |
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell: Easy
Released: September, 1969
Billboard peak: # 184
Tracks: "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To
Come By" - "California Soul" -
"Love Woke Me Up This Morning" -
"This Poor Heart Of Mine" - "I'm
Your Puppet" - "The Onion Song" -
"What You Gave Me" - "Baby I Need
Your Loving" - "I Can't Believe You
Love Me" - "How You Gonna Keep It
(After You Get It)" - "More, More,
More" - "Satisfied Feelin'" |
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That's
The Way Love Is
Released: January, 1970
Billboard peak: # 189
Tracks: "Gonna Give Her All The Love
I've Got" - "Yesterday" -
"Groovin'" - "I Wish It Would
Rain" - "That's The Way Love Is" -
"How Can I Forget" - "Abraham,
Martin And John" - "Gonna Keep On
Tryin' Till I Win Your Love" - "No Time
For Tears" - "Cloud Nine" -
"Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby" -
"So Long" |
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell: Marvin
Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Greatest Hits
Released: 1970
Billboard peak: # 171
Tracks: "Your Precious Love" -
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" -
"You're All I Need To Get By" -
"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" -
"Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By" -
"If This World Were Mine" - "The
Onion Song" - "If I Could Build My
Whole World Around You" - "Keep On
Lovin' Me Honey" - "What You Gave
Me" - "You Ain't Livin' Till You're
Lovin'" - "Hold Me Oh My Darling" |
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Marvin
Gaye Super Hits
Released: 1970
Billboard peak: # 117
Tracks: "I Heard It Through The
Grapevine" - "Pride And Joy" -
"The End Of Our Road" - "Ain't
That Peculiar" - "Stubborn Kind Of
Fellow" - "Can I Get A Witness" -
"How Sweet it is (To Be Loved By You)"
- "That's The Way Love Is" - "Too
Busy Thinking About My Baby" -
"Chained" - "You're A Wonderful
One" - "Try It Baby" - "I'll
Be Doggone" - "Hitch Hike" -
"You" - "Baby Don't You Do
It" |
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What's Going On
Released: May, 1971
US:
Gold
Billboard peak: # 6
Tracks: "What's Going On" -
"What's Happening Brother" -
"Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)" -
"Save The Children" - "God Is
Love" - "Mercy Mercy Me (The
Ecology)" - "Right On" -
"Wholly Holy" - "Inner City Blues
(Make Me Wanna Holler" |
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Trouble
Man
Released: December, 1972
Billboard peak: # 14
Tracks: "Main Theme From Trouble
Man" (2) - "T Plays It Cool" -
"Poor Abbey Walsh" - "Break It
(Police Shoot Big)" - "Cleo's
Apartment" - "Trouble Man" -
"Theme From Trouble Man" - "T
Stands For Trouble" - "Main Theme From
Trouble Man" (1) - "Life Is A
Gamble" - "Deep In It" -
"Don't Mess With Mister T" -
"There Goes Mister T" |
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Let's Get It On
Released: August, 1973
Billboard peak: # 2
Tracks: "Let's Get It On" -
"Please Stay (Once You Go Away)" -
"If I Should Die Tonight" - "Keep
Getting It On" - "Come Get To
This" - "Distant Lover" -
"You Sure Love To Ball" - "Just To
Keep You Satisfied" |
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Diana Ross & Marvin
Gaye: Diana
& Marvin
Released: October, 1973
Billboard peak: # 26
Tracks: "You Are Everything" -
"Love Twins" - "Don't Knock My
Love" - "You're A Special Part Of
Me" - "Pledging My Love" -
"Just Say, Just Say" - "Stop,
Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" - "I'm
Falling In Love With You" - "My Mistake
(Was To Love You)" - "Include Me In
Your Life" |
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Marvin
Gaye Anthology
Released: 1974
Billboard peak: # 61
Tracks: "Stubborn Kind Of
Fellow" - "Hitch Hike" -
"Pride And Joy" - "Once Upon A
Time" - "Can I Get A Witness" -
"What's The Matter With You Baby" -
"You're A Wonderful One" - "Try It
Baby" - "Baby Don't You Do It" -
"What Good Am I Without You" -
"Forever" - "How Sweet It Is (To
Be Loved By You)" - "It Takes Two"
- "I'll Be Doggone" - "Pretty
Little Baby" - "Ain't That
Peculiar" - "Ain't No Mountain High
Enough" - "One More Heartache" -
"Take This Heart Of Mine" - "Your
Precious Love" - "Little Darling (I
Need You)" - "Your Unchanging
Love" - "If This World Were Mine"
- "You" - "If I Could Build My
Whole World Around You" -
"Chained" - "Ain't Nothing Like
The Real Thing" - "How Can I
Forget" - "Heaven Sent You, I
Know" - "I Heard It Through The
Grapevine" - "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To
Come by" - "Too Busy Thinking About My
Baby" - "That's The Way Love Is" -
"You're All I Need To Get By" -
"The End Of Our Road" - "What's
Going On" - "Mercy Mercy (The
Ecology)" - "inner City Blues (Make Me
Wanna Holler)" - "Save The
Children" - "You're The Man, Pt.
1" - "Trouble Man" - "Let's
Get It On" - "Come Get To This" -
"Distant Lover" (live) - "I Want
You" - "Got To Give It Up" -
"After The Dance" |
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Marvin
Gaye Live!
Released: June, 1974
Billboard peak: # 8
Live Tracks: "Trouble Man" -
"Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) / Mercy
Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - "Inner City
Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" -
"Distant Lover" - "Jan" -
"Keep Gettin' It On" - "Keep
Gettin' It On" - "I'll Be Doggone / Try
It Baby / Can I Get A Witness / You're A
Wonderful One" - "Let's Get It On"
- "What's Going On" |
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I
Want You
Released: March, 1976
Billboard peak: # 4
Tracks: "I Want You" (Vocal
Version) - "Come Live With me Angel" -
"After The Dance" - "Feel All My
Love Inside" - "I Wanna Be Where You
Are" - - "All The Way Around" -
"Since I Had You" - "Soon I'll Be
Loving You Again" |
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Marvin
Gaye's Greatest Hits
Released: 1976
Billboard peak: # 44
Tracks: "Let's Get It On" -
"I Want You" - "How Sweet It Is
(To Be Loved By You)" - "I Heard It
Through The Grapevine" - "Mercy Mercy
Me (The Ecology)" - "What's Going
On" - "After The Dance" -
"Can I Get A Witness" - "Trouble
Man" - "Distant Lover" (live) |
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Marvin
Gaye Live At The London Palladium
Released: March, 1977
Billboard peak: # 3
Live Tracks: "All The Way
Around" - "Since I Had You" -
"Come Get To This" - "Let's Get It
On" - "Trouble Man" - "Ain't
That Peculiar / You're A Wonderful One / Stubborn
Kind Of Fellow" - "Inner City Blues /
God Is Love / What's Going On / Save The
Children" - "You're All I Need To By /
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" -
"Thanks" - "Distant Lover" -
"I Want You" - "Got To Give It
Up" |
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Here, My Dear
Released: December, 1978
Billboard peak: # 26
Tracks: "Here, My Dear" -
"I Met A Little Girl" - "When Did
You Stop Loving Me" - "Anger" -
"Is That Enough" - "Everybody
Needs Love" - "Time To Get it
Together" - "Sparrow" -
"Anna's Song" - "When Did You Stop
Loving Me" (Instrumental) - "Funky
Space Reincarnation" - "You Can Leave,
But It's Gonna Cost You" - "Falling In
Love Again" - "When Did You Stop Loving
Me" (Reprise) |
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In
Our Lifetime
Released: January, 1981
Billboard peak: # 32
Tracks: "Ego Tripping Out" -
"Praise" - "Life Is For
Learning" - "Love Party" -
"Funk Me" - "Far Cry" -
"Love Me Now Or Love Me Later" -
"Heavy Love Affair" - "In Our
Lifetime" |
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Midnight
Love
Released: October, 1982
US:
3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 7
Tracks: "Midnight Lady" - "Sexual Healing" - "Rockin'
After Midnight" - "'Til Tomorrow"
- "Turn On Some Music" - "Third
World Girl' - "Joy" - "My Love Is
Waiting" - "Rockin' After
Midnight" (Instrumental) |
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Every
Great Motown Hit Of Marvin Gaye
Released: 1983
Billboard peak: # 80
Tracks: "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved
By You)" - "Your Precious Love" -
"If I Could Build My Whole World Around
You" - "That's The Way Love Is" -
"You're All I Need To Get By" 0 "I
Heard It Thorough The Grapevine" - "Too
Busy Thinking About My Baby" - "What's
Going On" - "Ain't Nothing Like The
Real Thing" - "Inner City Blues (Make
Me Wanna Holler)" - "Mercy Mercy Me
(The Ecology)" - "Trouble Man" -
"Let's Get it On" - "Distant
Lover" - "Got To Give It Up" |
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Dream
Of A Lifetime
Released: May, 1985
Billboard peak: # 41
Tracks: "Sanctified Lady" -
"Savage In The Sack" -
"Masochistic Beauty" - "It's
Madness" - "Ain't It Funny" -
"Symphony" - "Life's Opera" -
"Dream Of A Lifetime" |
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Romantically
Yours
Released: 1985
Tracks: "More" - "Why Did I
Chose You?" - "Maria" -
"Shadow Of Your Smile" - "Fly Me
To The Moon" - "I Won't Cry
Anymore" - "Just Like" -
"Walkin' In The Rain" - "I Live
For You" - "Stranger In My Life" -
"Happy Go Lucky" |
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Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye
Released: 1986
Billboard peak: # 193 |
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The
Master 1961 - 1984
Released: April, 1995
Tracks: "Stubborn Kind Of
Fellow" - "Pride And Joy" -
"Hitch Hike" - "Wherever I Lay My
Hat (That's My Home)" - "Who Do You
Want With Him" - "Once Upon A
Time" - "What's The Matter You
Baby" - "Can I Get A Witness" -
"Couldn't Ask For Me" - "You're
Wonderful" - "I Wonder" -
"You're A Wonderful One" - "It's
Got To Be Love" - "Try It Baby" -
"Leavin'" - "My Love For You"
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)" - "Baby Don't You Do It" -
"Just Like A Man" - "Pretty Little
Baby" - "Talk About A Good
Feeling" - "I'll Be Doggone" -
"Little Darling (I Need You)" -
"One More Heartache" - "Ain't That
Peculiar" - "You're The One For
Me" - "Take This Heart Of Mine" -
"Take This Heart Of Mine" - "Your
Unchanging Love" - "It Takes Two"
- "I Couldn't Help Falling For You" -
"Lonely Lover" - "Without Your
Sweet Lovin'" - "Ain't No Mountain High
Enough" - "If I Could Build My Whole
World Around You" - "Your Precious
Love" - "If This World Were Mine"
- "Without You (Not Another Lonely
Night)" - "Together We Stand (Divided
We Fall)" - "You" -
"Chained" - "I Heard It Through
The Grapevine" - "You're What's
Happening (In The World Today)" - "This
Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It's Killing
Me)" - "Ain't Nothing Like The Real
Thing" - "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey"
- "You're All I Need To Get By" -
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" -
"More Than A Heart Can Stand" -
"How Can I Forget" - "That's The
Way Love Is" - "Yesterday" -
"End Of Our Road" - "Good Lovin'
Ain't Easy To Come By" - "What You Gave
Me" - "What's Going On" -
"Save The Children" - "Mercy Mercy
Me (The Ecology)" - "Inner City Blues
(Make Me Wanna Holler)" - "I'm Going
Home" - "Piece Of Clay" -
"You're The Man, Pts. 1-2" -
"Checking Out (Double Clutch)" -
"Trouble Man" - "Let's Get It
On" - "Come Get To This" -
"Just To Keep You Satisfied" -
"Pledging My Love" - "My Mistake
(Was To Love)" - "Distant Lover" -
"I Want You" - "After The
Dance" - "Got To Give It Up, Pt.
1" - "Here, My Dear" - "When
Did You Stop Loving Me" - "Anger"
- "Anna's Song" - "Funky Space
Reincarnation' - "When Did You Stop Loving
Me" (Reprise) - "She Needs Me" -
"Why Did I Choose You?" - "Life Is
For Learning" - "Funk Me" -
"Love Me Now Or Love Me Later" -
"Ego Tripping Out" - "Star
Spangled Banner" - "I Heard It Through
The Grapevine" - "Rockin' After
Midnight" - "Sexual Healing" - "Lord's
Prayer" |
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Vulnerable
Released: April, 1997
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Why Did I Chose You" -
"She Needs Me" - "Funny, Not
Much" - "This Will Make You Laugh"
- "Shadow Of Your Smile" - "I Wish
I Didn't Love You So" - "I Won't Cry
Anymore" |
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The
Very Best Of Marvin Gaye
Released: July, 2001
Tracks: "Stubborn Kind Of
Fellow" - "Hitch Hike" -
"Pride And Joy" - "Can I Get A
Witness" - "You're A Wonderful
One" - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)" - "I'll Be Doggone" -
"Ain't That Peculiar" - "It Takes
Two" - "Ain't No Mountain High
Enough" - "Your Precious Love" -
"If I Could Build My Whole World Around
You" - "Ain't Nothing Like The Real
Thing" - "You're All I Need To Get
By" - "You" - "I Heard It
Through The Grapevine" - "Too Busy
Thinking About My Baby" - "That's The
Way Love Is" - "His Eye Is On The
Sparrow" - "What's Going On" -
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" -
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna
Holler)" - "You're The Man, Pts.
1-2" - "Where Are We Going?" -
"Trouble Man" - "Let's Get It
On" - "Come Get To This" -
"Distant Lover" (live) - "I Want
You" - "Got To Give It Up" -
"Anger" - "Ego Tripping Out"
- "Praise" - "Sexual Healing" |
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell: The
Complete Duets
Released: November, 2001
Tracks: "Ain't No Mountain high
Enough" - "You Got What It Takes"
- "If I Could Build My World Around
You" - "Somethin' Stupid" -
"Your Precious Love" - "Hold Me Oh
My Darlin" - "Two Can Have A
Party" - "Little Boy, Little Ole
Girl" - "If This World Were Mine"
- "Sad Wedding" - "Give A Little
Love" - "Oh How I'd Miss You" -
"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" -
"Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" -
"You're All I Need To Get By" -
"Baby Don'tcha Worry" - "You Ain't
Livin' Till You're Lovin'" - "Give In,
You Just Can't Win" - "When Loves Come
Knocking At My Heart" - "Come On And
See Me" - "I Can't Help But Love
You" - "That's How It Is" -
"I'll Never Stop Loving You Baby" -
"Memory Chest" - "We'll Be
Satisfied" - "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To
Come By" - "California Soul" -
"Love Woke Me Up This Morning" -
"This Poor Heart Of Mine" - "I'm
Your Puppet" - "Onion Song" -
"What You Gave Me" - "Baby I Need
Your Loving" - "I Can't Believe You
Love me" - "How You Gonna Keep It"
- "More, More, More" - "Satisfied
Feelin'" - "I Can't Believe You Love
Me" - "Hold Me Oh My Darling" -
"Come On And See Me" - "Baby
Don'tcha Worry" - "Ain't No Mountain
High Enough" - "Two Can Have A
Party" - "Oh How I'd Miss You" |
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